Biography of Rev. Canon Lee Shiu Keung

    Rev. Canon Lee Shiu Keung﹙1910-1969﹚, was a native of Hsiu-Hui, Kwangtung Province. After graduating from St. Paul’s Boys’ School in the 1920s, he went to St. John’s University in Shanghai. In 1932, he transferred to Lingnan University in Canton. From there he went on to Ridley Hall, Cambridge, to study theology. On his return, he became a Lecturer in History in Lingnan University where he was later assigned as an Assistant-Professor. There he met Gilbert Baker, later Bishop of Hong Kong, who was also teaching at Lingnan University.

In 1941, he went to Harvard University and received his Master of Arts degree. Then he went to Hartford Theological Seminary where he hoped to receive his doctorate degree in divinity, but terminated his studies due to illness and subsequently returned to China.

In 1951, Lee Shiu Keung was ordained deacon in Chung Hua Sheung Kung Hui, diocese of Hong Kong and Macao. In 1954, he was ordained priest and became an assistant priest at St. Paul’s church. In 1965, the Right Reverend Bishop R.O. Hall appointed him Canon Theologian. The ceremony held in St. John’s Cathedral.

His books and writings about him are as follows:

A History of the Early and Medieval Church
Author:            Rev. Canon S.K.Lee
1^st Edition:      1964
Publisher:        Chinese Christian Literature Council

The Life of Christ
Author:            Rev. Canon S.K.Lee
1^st Edition:      1964
Publisher:        Chinese Christian Literature Council

Into the Vineyard
Author:            Rev. Canon S.K.Lee
1^st Edition:      1970
Publisher:        Chinese Christian Literature Council

The Cross and the Lotus
Author:            Rev. Canon S.K.Lee
1^st Edition:      1971
Publisher:        Hong Kong : The Christian Study Centre on Chinese Religion and Culture

Biography of Canon Lee Shiu Keung
Author:            Chou I-Fu
1st Edition:      1974
Publisher:        Society for the Study of Religion and Culture

Spiritual Light – A Collection of Sermons & Essays
Author:            Rev. Canon S.K.Lee
1^st Edition:      1976
Publisher:        Chinese Christian Literature Council

 
Rev. Canon Lee Shiu Keung